Question 1

Why did cotton farmers use so many slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cotton farming involved very intensive, laborious care and cultivation. 
B)  Cotton planting and culture was spread over an extensive area. 
C)  Cotton farmers were in Alabama and Mississippi, where racism was strongest. 
D)  Cotton farmers tended to be the wealthiest and hated to do manual labor. 
A)  Cotton farming involved very intensive, laborious care and cultivation. 
B)  Cotton planting and culture was spread over an extensive area. 
C)  Cotton farmers were in Alabama and Mississippi, where racism was strongest. 
D)  Cotton farmers tended to be the wealthiest and hated to do manual labor. B

Question 2

Discuss the differences and similarities within the rice,tobacco,sugar,and cotton agricultural sectors during the first half of the 1800s.

Accepted Answer

The ideal answer should:
1.Define each agricultural sector in terms of export percentage,income production,and regional concentration.
2.Explain that the rice,cotton and sugar sectors required a great amount of labor and a greater intensity of labor than other sectors.
3.Describe the decline of tobacco and the expansion of cotton based on technological developments like the invention of the cotton gin in 1793.
4.Explain the connections between slavery and the expansion of sugar,cotton,and rice,but not tobacco,which was declining as an agricultural product.

Question 3

Examine Map 6-2. in your textbook How do slave population numbers correspond to the use of cotton as an agricultural crop?

Accepted Answer

The ideal answer should:
1.Define the increase in slave population numbers by decade: 1820,1840,1860
2.Explain that the increase of slave population took place in a particular region in the Deep South,the "Black Belt."
3.Explain that the expansion of slavery by decade and location is directly related to the expansion of cotton in the fertile areas near rivers like the Mississippi River in the Deep South.

Question 4

How were the relationships between black husbands and wives symbolic of the challenges experienced by the black family under slavery?

Accepted Answer

The relationships between black husbands

Question 5

More interracial marriage between slaves and masters occurred in the U.S.compared to Latin American societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Examine Map 6-4 in your textbook .How does the history of cotton cultivation help explain southern black residency patterns in 1850?

Accepted Answer

A)  As cotton cultivation expanded to the Deep South, most of the laborers became African American. 
B)  As cotton cultivation expanded to the Upper South, most of the laborers became free blacks. 
C)  As cotton cultivation receded in the Deep South, slave numbers decreased in comparison to those of the white population. 
D)  The domestic slave trade transferred slaves from the U.S.to Canada. 
A)  As cotton cultivation expanded to the Deep South, most of the laborers became African American. 
B)  As cotton cultivation expanded to the Upper South, most of the laborers became free blacks. 
C)  As cotton cultivation receded in the Deep South, slave numbers decreased in comparison to those of the white population. 
D)  The domestic slave trade transferred slaves from the U.S.to Canada.

Question 7

Which state had the largest slave population during the period 1820-1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alabama 
B)  Mississippi 
C)  Louisiana 
D)  Virginia 
A)  Alabama 
B)  Mississippi 
C)  Louisiana 
D)  Virginia

Question 8

Which of the following statements is true of slave marriages on plantations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most masters refused to allow slaves to marry. 
B)  Masters allowed pairings among male and female slaves. 
C)  Couples never lived on the same plantation and never saw one another. 
D)  Slaves ignored the marriage institution entirely. 
A)  Most masters refused to allow slaves to marry. 
B)  Masters allowed pairings among male and female slaves. 
C)  Couples never lived on the same plantation and never saw one another. 
D)  Slaves ignored the marriage institution entirely.

Question 9

Why was it difficult to use advanced technology on cotton crops?

Accepted Answer

A)  Masters in the South could not afford it. 
B)  Cotton ripened at varying times, and machines could not predict the timing. 
C)  Masters wanted to keep their slaves busy, so they avoided the use of any time-saving equipment. 
D)  African-American slaves refused to use machines to process cotton. 
A)  Masters in the South could not afford it. 
B)  Cotton ripened at varying times, and machines could not predict the timing. 
C)  Masters wanted to keep their slaves busy, so they avoided the use of any time-saving equipment. 
D)  African-American slaves refused to use machines to process cotton.

Question 10

Examine the woodcut of a slave sale that was published in The Child's Anti-Slavery Book in 1860.How do historians know that this is an image of the domestic slave trade?

Accepted Answer

A)  It shows happy and contented slaves on a plantation while whites watch the scene. 
B)  It shows urban slaves working in a variety of industries in a southern city. 
C)  It shows skilled slaves working on agricultural machinery on a cotton plantation. 
D)  It shows sorrowful slaves being separated while angry whites glare at them. 
A)  It shows happy and contented slaves on a plantation while whites watch the scene. 
B)  It shows urban slaves working in a variety of industries in a southern city. 
C)  It shows skilled slaves working on agricultural machinery on a cotton plantation. 
D)  It shows sorrowful slaves being separated while angry whites glare at them.

Question 11

Why did African Americans own slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  Blacks owned slaves to assist with colonization in Africa. 
B)  Blacks owned slaves to force Native Americans onto reservations. 
C)  Blacks owned slaves to impress northern whites. 
D)  Blacks owned slaves to protect families from sale. 
A)  Blacks owned slaves to assist with colonization in Africa. 
B)  Blacks owned slaves to force Native Americans onto reservations. 
C)  Blacks owned slaves to impress northern whites. 
D)  Blacks owned slaves to protect families from sale.

Question 12

Which slave-dependent crop was by far the most important to the country as a whole?

Accepted Answer

A)  sugarcane 
B)  rice 
C)  cotton 
D)  tobacco 
A)  sugarcane 
B)  rice 
C)  cotton 
D)  tobacco

Question 13

Most victims of the slave trade moved by foot,usually chained or roped together,in groups called __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Most victims of the slave trade moved...

Question 14

Why would masters encourage families among their slaves?

Accepted Answer

Masters during the period of slavery mig

Question 15

How did black children experience enslavement? How were their lives and work different on a small plantation versus a large one?

Accepted Answer

The ideal answer should:
1.Explain the c

Question 16

Most white southerners saw slavery as a benign institution.What evidence surfaces from the domestic slave trade that shows this conclusion is false?

Accepted Answer

The ideal answer should:
1.Define southe

Question 17

Many slave masters never met their African-American slaves face to face.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

"Jumping the broom" was often a part of slave __________ ceremonies.

Accepted Answer

The answer of "Jumping the broom" was often a part...

Question 19

What was a primary advantage of being a skilled slave?

Accepted Answer

A)  Skilled slaves had authority and power over other slaves and could limit their punishment. 
B)  Skilled slaves were often viewed by other slaves as religious leaders. 
C)  It was possible for skilled slaves to experience a taste of independence through the use of their skills. 
D)  It was easy for skilled slaves to buy their own freedom with the wages they earned. 
A)  Skilled slaves had authority and power over other slaves and could limit their punishment. 
B)  Skilled slaves were often viewed by other slaves as religious leaders. 
C)  It was possible for skilled slaves to experience a taste of independence through the use of their skills. 
D)  It was easy for skilled slaves to buy their own freedom with the wages they earned.

Question 20

The core of the African American community was the concept of __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The core of the African American community...

Exam 6: Life in the Cotton Kingdom

Why did cotton farmers use so many slaves?

Discuss the differences and similarities within the rice,tobacco,sugar,and cotton agricultural sectors during the first half of the 1800s.

Examine Map 6-2. in your textbook How do slave population numbers correspond to the use of cotton as an agricultural crop?

How were the relationships between black husbands and wives symbolic of the challenges experienced by the black family under slavery?

More interracial marriage between slaves and masters occurred in the U.S.compared to Latin American societies.

Examine Map 6-4 in your textbook .How does the history of cotton cultivation help explain southern black residency patterns in 1850?

Which state had the largest slave population during the period 1820-1860?

Which of the following statements is true of slave marriages on plantations?

Why was it difficult to use advanced technology on cotton crops?

Examine the woodcut of a slave sale that was published in The Child's Anti-Slavery Book in 1860.How do historians know that this is an image of the domestic slave trade?

Why did African Americans own slaves?

Which slave-dependent crop was by far the most important to the country as a whole?

Most victims of the slave trade moved by foot,usually chained or roped together,in groups called __________.

Why would masters encourage families among their slaves?

How did black children experience enslavement? How were their lives and work different on a small plantation versus a large one?

Most white southerners saw slavery as a benign institution.What evidence surfaces from the domestic slave trade that shows this conclusion is false?

Many slave masters never met their African-American slaves face to face.

"Jumping the broom" was often a part of slave __________ ceremonies.

What was a primary advantage of being a skilled slave?

The core of the African American community was the concept of __________.

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